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2014 Reunion
​MELBOURNE FLORIDA 
Wickham Park 
April 27 - May 4, 2014

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Attendees


Dave & Rosemary Nesbitt 
Mike & Shelia Santure
John & Jean Walker 
Wally & Judy Morrow
John & Mary Marlowe 
Richard & Pat Thorne
Mike & Bobbie Sellers
Lynette Sellers 
Rod & Helen Green 
Otis & Sylvia Curry 
Richard Coon 
Bill & Janet Ramsey 
Hector Colon-Rios 
Ted & Marilyn Bridges 
Al Sims 
John & Anita Gianvittorio 
Mike & Deborah Courtney 
Malcolm & Roger Craig 
Jack & Katharina Justice 
Todd Brown 
Tom & Cindy Smith 
Ed & Leslie Barbour 
Allen & Deborah Gibbs 
Charles & Patricia King 
Thomas & Linda Barrett 
Edward Reulbach 
Leo & Toni Arsenault 
Jean Louis & Yun Cha Soucy 
Stephen Tapia 
Bruce & Patricia Roshong 
Phillip & Shelia Cawthon 
Henry Carson 
Perry & Linda Larson
Ray Garren 
Jim & Janie Axelson 
Sam & Ruth Buscema 
Johnny & Hattie Williams 
Don Murnock & Diane Romano 
Charles Cole 
Lucia Oswald 
Joseph & Betzy Warman 
Jerry & Joyce Barrett 
Carl & Ann Morris 
Ku Chin & Guest 
Thurston Mosley 
Eric Thompson 
Michael Hill-Davis & Guest 
Norma Lindsay 
Doug Oswald 
Mike Campbell 
Johnie Keller 
Cole & Janie Hars 
Clifton & Ronda Shepherd 
Scott Browing 
Richard Murphy 
Joseph Harbright 
Ethan Bradham 
 
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Guest Speaker
​Lieutenant Colonel Ted Bridges

LTC Ted Bridges
Recon Platoon Leader
1/502 Inf.
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LTC Bridges grew up in Montevallo, Alabama, where he attended Castle Heights Military Academy in the 8th grade and graduated from high school and junior college at Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Montevallo and his Masters Degree from the University of West Florida.
He entered military service as a Regular Army 2LT in 1966. He is a graduate of the following Military Schools: Infantry Officer Basic Course (IOBC), Airborne and Ranger Schools, United States Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Army Aviation Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Schools, Special Forces Officer Course, Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
LTC Bridges' military assignments include: 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY and Vietnam, as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Weapons Platoon Leader in Company B, Executive Officer in Company A, Recon Platoon Leader in Company E, Executive Officer in Company D, and the Battalion S-1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company. He served as a 2LT, 1LT and Captain in the 1st Battalion 502nd Infantry “FIRST STRIKE”. He commanded the Airborne Company at Fort Richardson, Alaska and the 117th Assault Helicopter Company in Korea. Other assignments included: Instructor at the Psychological Operations School at Fort Bragg, NC, a two year tour with the Navy and Marine Corps and spent 18 months at sea on various ships. He was an Inspector General for the Military District of Washington and an Infantry Assignment Officer, served as the Deputy Commander 17th Aviation Group in Korea. He retired in 1986 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with his final duty assignment as Deputy Commander of Troops at Fort Myer, Virginia.
He served at the following places: Fort Benning, GA, Fort Campbell, KY, Vietnam (Dec 1967-Dec 1968), Fort Stewart, GA., Fort Rucker, AL Fort Richardson, Alaska, Quantico, VA, Korea (2 tours), Fort Bragg, NC, Fort Leavenworth, KS, Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA and Washington, D.C.
LTC Bridges Military Awards and Decorations include: Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Soldier’s Medal, Bronze Star w/OLC, Meritorious Service Medal w/2/OLCs, Air Medal w/OLC, Army Commendation Medal w/OLC, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and the Navy Sea Service Ribbon. In addition, he earned the following badges and tabs: Combat Infantry Badge, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Senior Parachute Badge and the Ranger Tab.
Upon retirement from the Army, LTC Bridges went to work as an agent for Nationwide Insurance and owned his own insurance agency in Pensacola, FL., for 18 years. He has been an elementary school guidance counselor and 5th grade teacher. Marilyn, his wife of 51 years, was an elementary and middle school teacher for 30 years. Ted and Marilyn have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. 
Their oldest son Ted, is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy and is now a Baptist minister in Walnut Hill, FL. Their other son Marshall, is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and is currently a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel in the Army serving with NATO at Norfolk, VA. Their daughter Leah, played soccer at the University of Florida and the University of South Alabama where she was Alabama’s NCAA Woman of the Year her senior year. She is a Worship Leader in Gulf Breeze, FL.
Ted is currently an assistant football coach at Centre Middle School and a substitute teacher for the middle school. He and Marilyn are actively involved with Celebrate Recovery and love living in and being citizens of Cherokee County, Alabama.

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    • John Gertsch
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    • November 28, 1971
    • Our First Patrol
    • Award to a hero
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    • Duty in the Sky
    • Ambush
    • These Colors Didn't run
    • POPCORN!
    • BATTLE OF AP DONG LAM
    • Monkey Man!
    • "MadMonk" >
      • Letter Home
    • My Bestest Buddy
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    • A SHAU VALLEY
    • 40 Years Ago This Week!
    • Comradery
    • Operation Lamar Plain
    • The Iconic Huey
    • THE DEATH OF LIEUTENANT PERSHING
    • FNG's Prelude to Our First Patrol
    • Sgt Flaherty Unsent Letters 1
    • Sgt Flaherty Unsent Letters 2
    • Sgt Flaherty Unsent Letters 3
    • A Personal Memoir
    • Poems and Tributes >
      • I am the Flag
      • The Airborne Creed
      • Paratroopers Theme Song
      • Why please
      • Reciprocity
      • Burnin' the shit
      • Aquarius
      • LZ Jane
      • I am a Soldier
      • It's been some time
      • Dedication by Dwight Lane
      • Taps
      • The Old Unit
      • AMERICAN SOLDIERMAN
      • REMEMBRANCE DAY
      • A Grateful Nation
      • Airborne History
      • LESLIE TOWNES HOPE
      • Pow / Mia
      • The Wall
      • The Wall
      • Escape
      • Killed in Action
      • Another Year
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    • Battle Campaigns 65-72
    • How to Fold the Flag
    • Memorial Dedication
    • 101 Dedication
    • Proper Flag Display
    • Distinctive Unit Insignia
    • Video Tribute
    • VIET CONG TERROR DOCTRINE
    • Unit Citation Pamphlet
    • Pocket guide to Vietnam
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  • Historical Photo Gallery
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